Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

Quote by Anais Nin

Topics: Failure Quotes, Life Quotes

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.

He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning...

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a...

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a...

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

It is not the experience of today that drives us mad; it is remorse or...

It is not the experience of today that drives us mad; it is remorse or...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring...

To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring...

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with...

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with...

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

Dreams are necessary to life.

Dreams are necessary to life.

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

Happiness is like perfume: You can't give it away without getting a little on yourself.

Happiness is like perfume: You can't give it away without getting a little on yourself.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.